Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Media & Publishing, Agriculture & Food and Hotels & Tourism sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share fell 0.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Rabigh Refining & Petrochemical Co (SE:2380), which rose 9.94% or 1.99 points to trade at 22.02 at the close. Etihad Etisalat Co (SE:7020) added 6.05% or 0.93 points to end at 16.30 and Dar Alarkan Real Estate Development (SE:4300) was up 4.57% or 0.46 points to 10.52 in late trade.
Biggest losers included The Mediterranean&Gulf Insurance Co (SE:8030), which lost 9.42% or 2.10 points to trade at 20.20 in late trade. Mouwasat Medical Services Company (SE:4002) declined 5.00% or 9.05 points to end at 171.80 and Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SE:4210) shed 4.56% or 3.40 points to 71.10.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 101 to 77 and 7 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.24% or 0.81 to $64.64 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 1.33% or 0.91 to hit $67.67 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.01% or 0.20 to trade at $1337.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.46% to 4.6515, while USD/SAR fell 0.02% to 3.7502.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 89.41.